Latest Rail Industry News

More News | September 07, 2016

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that total U.S. rail traffic for August 2016 was 2,675,263 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.7 percent or 162,230 carloads and intermodal units compared with August 2015.

More News | September 07, 2016

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued its final Buy America policy guidance advising transit agencies and transit vehicle manufacturers on impleme

More News | September 07, 2016

Reading and Northern Railroad (RBMN) is adding a newly refurbished First Class Pullman, Parlor car No. 3 to its fleet.

More News | September 07, 2016

VIA Rail, Canada's national rail passenger service, has recorded 26,000 more passengers in the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year.

More News | September 07, 2016

Jerry Benson

More News | September 06, 2016

Tracks and systems work in Belfast Yard in Ottawa. Photo: copyright Rideau Transit Group.

More News | September 06, 2016

Sand Springs Railway Company, a managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, Inc., is acquiring the Gerdau mill site in Sand Springs, Okla.

More News | September 06, 2016

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (

More News | September 06, 2016

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 27, 2016, totaled 539,657 carloads and intermodal units, a 6.2 percent decrease compared to the same week in 2015.

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